G11 Patterns in Resource Consumption

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IB Assessment Statements

1. 1. Patterns in resource consumption:

• Evaluate the ecological footprint as a measure of the relationship between population size and resource consumption.
• Identify international variations in ecological footprints.
• Discuss neo-Malthusian and anti-Malthusian views about the relationship between population size and resource consumption.

1. 2. Changing patterns of energy consumption:

• Examine the global patterns and trends in the production and consumption of oil.
• Examine the geopolitical and environmental impacts of these changes in patterns and trends.
• Examine the changing importance of other energy sources.

1. 3. Conservation strategies.

• Discuss the reduction of resource consumption by conservation, waste reduction, recycling and substitution.
• Evaluate a strategy at a local or national scale aimed at reducing the consumption of one resource.

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